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Definition of Sirname
1. n. See Surname.
Definition of Sirname
1. Noun. (archaic spelling of surname) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sirname
1. to name by a family name [v SIRNAMED, SIRNAMING, SIRNAMES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sirname
Literary usage of Sirname
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reports of the Most Learned Sir Edmund Saunders, Knt: Of Several by Edmund Saunders, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Williams (1845)
"And the objection that he is also called by the sirname of Broughton is nothing,
for the will does not appoint that the son shall be called by the name of ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: During by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Archer Ryland (1822)
"TV. bodies, severally taking and using my sirname of Luscombe, as and for his
and their own sirname; and in default of such issue, then to the use and ..."
3. An impartial history of Ireland, from the period of the English invasion to by Dennis Taaffe (1811)
"None of the natives assumed the sirname of macmac, i< e. the son of the son;
because instead ... When any one adopted a sirname from the name of his father, ..."
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